Afternoon bullpen session pays off for Bailey

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Andrew Bailey's first outing of the day took place Wednesday afternoon.

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Tim Britton
Posted Jun. 12, 2013 @ 10:56 pm

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Andrew Bailey's first outing of the day took place Wednesday afternoon.

Bailey threw a bullpen session before Boston's 2-1 win over the Rays at Tropicana Field in hopes of working out some of the issues exposed by Monday's blown save. It's something he typically only does when he has a couple days' rest.

"Obviously after my last outing, just working on some stuff and staying back a little longer and trying not to get too antsy," Bailey said. "Sometimes that's my problem: I get a little jumpy. I threw a little bullpen, and it worked."

In the ninth inning, Bailey was able to work around a leadoff laser off the wall from James Loney. The shift in the inning occurred when Bailey came back from down 3-0 to Desmond Jennings to retire him on a flyout.

"He's a guy that, especially 3-0, you always think the hitter's going to be aggressive," said Bailey. "You've still got to put it in a good spot, and I was able to come back in that at-bat."

After that, he struck out Luke Scott looking and Jose Lobaton swinging. Lobaton had taken him deep on Monday.

"It seemed like he really settled in," manager John Farrell said. "He made some key pitches."